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AVL Establishes Test Infrastructure for Battery Cells in Germany

Important contribution to the Volkswagen Group's battery offensive
AVL Establishes Test Infrastructure for Battery Cells in Germany
  • Equipment for a new battery testing laboratory in Salzgitter on behalf of PowerCo SE
  • The partnership will provide the latest technologies for testing battery cells

The battery company PowerCo SE, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, has commissioned the global mobility technology company AVL to plan and equip a test laboratory in Salzgitter. The facility will be completed by 2025. The joint project is a further milestone in the cooperation between PowerCo and AVL.

Graz, Austria/ Salzgitter, Germany, November 2024: The Volkswagen Group is bundling its battery activities in the European company (SE) PowerCo. The wholly-owned VW subsidiary has now selected AVL as a partner to build a test factory for batteries in Salzgitter. Once completed in 2025, the new facility will be used to test battery cells using state-of-the-art technologies and methods. The systems and solutions required for this will be set up and tested at AVL's headquarters in Graz over the coming months before they are used at the actual site in Salzgitter.

AVL has been working successfully with PowerCo for several years in the field of battery cell testing.

Urs Gerspach, Managing Director of the Instrumentation and Test Systems division at AVL: "We were in tough competition with large, globally active companies. For AVL, this project is another milestone in the field of test systems for battery development. I also see it as confirmation that we are on the right track in the transformation from the combustion engine to hybridization and electrification."

About AVL

AVL is a world-leading technology company specialising in development, simulation and testing in the automotive industry and other sectors such as rail, marine and energy. Through extensive research, AVL delivers concepts, technology solutions, methodologies and development tools for sustainable, safe and advanced mobility and beyond.

AVL supports international partners and customers in sustainable and digital transformation, with a focus on electrification, software, AI and automation. AVL also supports companies in energy-intensive sectors on their way to green and efficient energy generation and supply.

For more information: www.avl.com

 

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Dr. Markus Tomaschitz, Unternehmenssprecher AVL
Tel.: +43 664 100 0289
E-mail: Markus.Tomaschitz@avl.com